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FOUR-WAY S ELECTOR VALVE Original Filed April 26, 1940 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 A35 /JSQ /NyE/vTo/L Roo/vEY B. CAMPBELL By HARR/J K/ECH, FOSTER d; HA RR/J Patented Nov.. 28, 1944 FOUR-WAY SELECTOR VALVE Rodney B. Campbell, North Hollywood, Calif., assignor to John Eley, Jr., Los Angeles, Calif.

Original application April 26, 1940, Serial No.

331,822, now Patent No. 2,302,663, dated November 24, 1942. Divided and this application October 23, 1942, Serial No. 463,302

irolaims'. (o1. 277-20) My invention relates to valve devices, and more particularly to a selector valve device for use in selectively connecting a plurality of fluid ow pipes to a'plurality of fluid discharge pipes. This application is a division .of my copendingapplication Serial No. 331,822, led April 26, 1940, now Patent No. 2,302,663, granted November 24, 1942.

tion with controlling ilow of high pressure uid to an actuating cylinder, and will be described in connection therewith, although it is to be understood that I do not intend to be limited thereto.

It is a primary object of my invention to provide a selector valve `device adapted to connect selectively a source of pressure fluid with any one of a plurality of supply passages, theconnection thereof being selectively controlled by my valve device.

A' further object of my invention is to provide a valve device adapted to be connected into a main line supplying operating iluid..und er high pressure, and .adapted t'o selectively deliver opr-V ating tluid from the main line to any one of a plurality of supply pipes at a predetermined rate f UVflow witlocausing' a substantial drop of lluid pressure in the main line.l

It is a further object of my invention to provide such a valve device having a throw mechanism adapted to be operated by the application of very low operating pressures even against the action of abnormally high fluid pressures tending to oppose Suchoperation. I prefer to accomplish this by the use of suitable cam mechanism for actuating the valve members of my valve device.

Another object of the invention is to provide Referring to the drawings, I show a housing member IIJ having an upright portion I I and hori- "'"i "Ilie/invtionis of particular utility in connec- 'zontal portions I2 and I3, the housing member I0 being provided with foot members I4 adapted to form a support for the device. The upright portion II of the housing member I0 is provided with a longitudinal bore I5 having counterbores I6 and Il in each end thereof, the counterbore I6 being lfurther counterbored at I8 and the counterbore I1 being further counterbored at Ila. The upright portion II of the housing member I is also provided with a rst vertical bore 26 and a second vertical bore 2 I, both of which are preferably axially aligned with and intersect the longitudinal bore I5. Also provided in the upright portion II are a pressure uidopening 23 and a discharge opening 24. In the upper end of the rst vertical bore 2U is a. rst inlet Valve means 25,Y and in the upper end of the second vertical bore 2| is a second inlet valve means 26, which Y Ywill be described in detail hereinafter.

a valve device of the type heretofore described y in which a large number of the parts are interchangeable, and in which all the operating parts are readily replaceable.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the following specication and the drawings, which are for illustrative pur- The 'rst inlet valve means 25, as shown, isy

positioned in the outer end of the first vertical bore 2Il which has a counterbored threaded portion 2l forming an annular shoulder 28 on which is seated an annular valve seat element 29 held in fluid-tight engagement with the annular shoulder 28 by an annular follower nut 30 threadedly received in the counterbored threaded portion 21.

The valve seat element 29 is centrally bored to form a central chamber 32, the upper end of which formsv a valve seat 33, and formed integrally with the 4lower side of the valve seat element are a pair of parallel plates 34 and 35. A plurality of passages 36 communicate between the central chamber 32 and the first vertical bore 20 below the valve'seat element 29. The valve seat element 29 is also axially drilled at 38 to receive a stem 39 v formed on a valve closure member 40 which is adapted to seat on the valve seat 33. The valve closure member 49 has a centralizing hub 4I projecting upwardly therefrom on which is centered a conical helical spring 42, the upper end of which engages a plug 43 threadedly received in the coun- Fig. 3 is a. horizontal cross-sectional view taken Y on the line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view, partly in section, showing a preferred operation of the invention. Fig. 5 is a. cross-sectional View taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3'. Eig. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on the line terbored threaded portion 21, the helical spring normally being under compression tending to maintain the valve closure member 40 in seated relation on the valve seat 33. Communicating between a' space 44 in the counterbored threaded portion 21 above the iirst inlet valve means 25 and the pressure fluid opening 23 is a passage 45.

To unseat the valve closure member 40, a primary actuating valvemeans 4l is provided, as best shown in Fig. 2, which is positioned between the parallel .plates 34 and 35. The valve actuatformed on a control rod 51.

ing means 41 includes a dog 48 pivoted by means of a pivot pin 49 secured to the depending plates 30 ,and 35, the outer end of the dog 48 engaging the lower end of the stem 39. Also pivoted to the parallel plates 34 and 35 by means ot a pivot pin 50 is a cam element 5|. The cam element 5| `is provided with a shoulder 52 thereon which is adapted to engage the. extreme lower end of the dog 08 when in the position shown in Fig. 2, which shoulder is adjacent the pivot pin 50, as shown. A second shoulder 53 is also formed on the cam element 5|, preferably being parallel lto 'the ilrst, shoulder 52 formed thereon and being positioned at a distance remote from the pivot pin 50. The cam element 5| also has a depending portion 54 and is provided with a vertical face 55 which is adapted to engage a flat facel 55 .'I'he control rod 51 extends entirely through the longitudinal bore l5 of the housing member |0 and has a projecting end 58 to which a control handle 59 is fixed by a pin 50 or other suitable means. The control rod 51 is journalled at its leftward end, as seen in Fig. 1, in a sleeve bearing 52 suitably secured in the bore 53 of a plug ele- :ment 54 which closes the outer end of the counter-v bore i8, and which is held in duid-tight relation with the housing member by means of bolts 55 or other suitable holding means. The leftward end ofthe control rod LV as seen in Fig. 1, is bored to receive a compression spring 55 which 92 formed in the cup-shaped member 1| with a chamber 93 around the control rod 51 and below the ilrst inlet valve means-25. Seated on a shoulder formed by the inner end of the bore 90 is a washer 94 which supports an annular valve seat 'sage |02 with a first supply opening |03 which engages the control rod 51 and the plug element i 54 to normally hold the control rod in the axial position shown in Fig. 1. A suitable packing element 58 is provided in the counterbore I5 surrounding the control rod 51 to form a iluid-tight seal around the control rod to prevent uid from leaking therepast. The ypacking element 58 is heldin position between an inner annular plate 59 and an outer annular plate 10, the outer annular plate compressing the packing element 58 and being held in positionV by a cup memb'er 1| which is in turn held in position by a threaded ring 12 threadedly receivedin a threaded portion of the counterbore i8.'

The rightward end -of the control rod 51 is journalled in a bushing 14 received in an end plug 15 which is secured to the housing member i0 bybolts 15 or other suitable. means. Engaging the inner end of the bushing 14 is a packing gland .11 held in position by a retainer ring 18 which engages a snap ring 80 carried by an annular groove 8| formed in the control rod 51. Surrounding the control rod 51, and seated in the counterbore |1a, is'a cup-shaped retainer 85 held in place by a threaded ring 85 whichis threadedly received in an outer threaded portion of the counterbore 11a. the retainer 85 retaining a packing gland 83 around the control rod 51.

The second inlet valve means 25, as best shown in Fig. v5, is identical in construction with the first inlet valve means described hereinabove. except that a dog v48a and a cam element 5|a thereof occupy positions which are exactly the rerverse of the positions of thedog'48 and the cam element 5|, a depending portion 54a of the cam element 5|a, engaging; a second at face 55a formed on the control rod 51 and disposed paral.

lei and oppositeiy to the ilat face 55 formed thereon. A space 44a above the second inlet valve means 25 communicates through a second passage 81 with the pressure fluid opening 23.

is suitably threaded to receive a pipe connection. The annular valve seat element 95 and the ball valve element 51, and their associated parts, constitute a first check valve means |04. Y

Formed in the horizontal portion i3 of the housing member |0 is a second horizontal threaded bore |05, as best shown in Figs. 3 and 5, which is internally threaded like the bore and ispreferably of the same internal diameter and has a counterbore |05 communicating with a central chamber |01, the chamber also communicating with the under side of the second inlet valve meansy 25. The bore |05 contains a second check valve means |08 preferably identical in construction with the first check valve means |04 described hereinabove, the outer end of the bore |55 being closed by `a plug |09, forming an outer chamber |0 which communicates through a passage with a second supply opening |`|2 which is also internally threaded to receive a pipe connectlon.

Also, disposed in the housing member i5, as best shown in Figs. 3 and 6, are a. rst discharge valve means U5 and a second discharge valve means H5 which are identical 'in construction with each other and with the first and second inlet valve means Z5-and 25, and reference is hereby made to the detailed' description of the construction of the first inlet valve means 25, as shown in Fig. 1, for the parts thereof. It is also to be noted that corresponding parts. of the valve means 25, 25, I5, and ||5 have the same dimensions and are fully interchangeable, which greatly facilitates assembly and replacement of parts. A space ||1 outside the rst discharge valve means ||5 communicates with a passage I I3 which in turn communicates with the primary discharge passage |02'. The rsi; discharge valve means ||5 includes a pivotedcam element H9, similar tothe cam element 5|, which engages a ilat'facel 20 formed on the control rod 51 at a 90 angle to each of the faces 55 and 55a. Likewise, a space I2 outside the second discharge valve means I |5 communicates with a passage |22 which in turn communicates with the outer chamber 0. The second discharge valve means ||5 also includes a pivoted cam 'element E23, similar to the cam element 5 and which engages the il'at face |20 formed on the control rod 51, as best shown in Figs. 3 and 6. The inside areas of the i'lrst and second discharge valve means IIS and ||5 communicate through a passage @2s with the discharge opening 24.

Also provided in the upright portion of the housing member I0 is a first pressure relief valve |25 and a second pressure relief valve |25a, as best shown in Fig. 6. The rst pressure relief valve' |25 is adapted to' be received in a threaded 2,scs,4s1 3 bore |26 in the upright portion I`I of the housing menber in and includes a washer |21 on which is seated a valve seat ring |28 adapted to seat a ball valve .|29, the ball valve normally being held in pressure engagement with the valve seat ring by a coil spring |30 operating through an engaging member '|3|, the other end of the coil spring engaging a stem |32 adapted to be vertically adjusted by a screw |33 threaded'through a cup plug |34. Afdust cap |35 is threaded over the cup plug |34 to completely enclose the same. The lower side of the ilrst pressure relief valve |25 communicates withA the space ||1, and the upper side thereof communicates through a passage |31 with the discharge opening 24. The second pressure relief valve |25a is identical in construction with the rst pressure relief valve |25, and corresponding parts are similarly numbered with the sumx a. The lower side of the second pressure rellei' valve |25a communicates with the space 2|, and the upper side thereof communicates through the passage |31a with the discharge opening 24.

'As shown in Fig'. 3, the horizontal portion i2 of the housing I also includ a first metering When the control rod 51 is rotated by means v o! the control handle 59 in a counter-clockwise direction, as seen in Fig. 2, the flat face 56 on the control rod moves against the vertical face 55 of thecam element rotating the latter on its pivot pin 50, and the shoulder 52 engaging the end o! the dog 48 moves the latter upwardly, transmitting this movement through the stem 39 to the valve closure member 40, unseating the same valve elementi to permit a greater or lesser amount of iluid' to flow through the metering valve to the flrstsupply opening |03.A

A second metering valve |50 is provided in the horizontal portion I3 so as to meter the flow of fluid from' the passage il to the second supply opening ||2 the second metering valve member |50 being identical in construction with the iirst metering valve |40 described hereinabove.

-As shown in Fig.\4, the pressure fluid opening 23 is adapted to receive supply piping |52 which leads to housing from a suitable source of supply a piston |56 thereinzto which is connected a piston rod |51 which extends out through the end of the cylinder. 'I'he other end of vthe cylinder |55 is connected by means of a supply conduit |53 to the second supplybpening I2.

With the parts ofthe device in the positie/ns shown in the drawings, in which the handle 59 is vertically disposed, the first and second inlet valve means-25 and l26 are both closed so that no iiuid under pressure can iiow from the pressure fluid opening 23 through the device to either the first or second supply opening |03 or ||2 With the parts in this position', the high pressure iiuid from 'the supply piping |52 will iill the pressure fluid opening 23, the passage. 45, the

space 44 abovelthe rst inlet means 25, the secbndary passage 81, and the space 44a above the second inlet valve means 26.

from its valve seat 33 so as to permit a ow of high pressure uid downwardly from the space 44 through the valve seat 33 andthe passages 36 into the chamber 93 below the iirst inletvalve means 25 and` around the control rod 51. The initial upward movement of the valve closure member 40 is necessarily against the downward pressure of the helical spring 42 and the considerable pressure exerted by the pressure fluid on the top of the valve element in thespace 44, which pressure may, at times, exceed 2000 pounds per square inch. Due to the cam action exerted by the primary valve actuating means -41 on the stem 39, the control rod 51 may be rotated to open the rst inlet Valve means. 25 by only a slight pressure exerted on the control handle 59, not to exceed l0 inch pounds of force. This feature is a primary advantage of my construction in that only a very short control handle 59 is required instead of the long handle normally required in the art, and only-a small amount, of pressure on the control handle is necessary to open the inlet valve means 25 of the device against even extremely high fluid pressures tending' to maintain the valve mechanism closed.

As soon as the valve element 40 is unseated from its valve seat 33, and pressure uid starts to iow through the first inlet Valve means 25, the downwardly acting pressure on the upper face of the Valve element 40 is relieved, and the valve pivoted dog by continued rotation of the control rod 51. Since the second shoulder 53 is spaced remote from the pivot pin 50, continued rotation of the control rod 51 increases the rate of. open- `ing of the valve closure member 40 to quickly fully open the rst inlet valve means 25, to permit a free flow of pressure fluid therethrough.

With the opening of the first inlet valve means 25, the pressure iiuid iiows downwardly therethrough, through the chamber 93, and around the control rod 51, and opens the first check valve means |04 by moving the ball valve element 91 thereof away from its seat against the action of the compression spring 98 to permit the pressure iiuid to ow therethrough, through the space 'i 0 I, the `primary discharge passage |02, the rst metering valve |40 which has previously been adjusted to meter a predetermined quantity of flow therethroughfinto the transverse opening |41 from whence the pressure uid flows directly through ythe iirst supply opening |03 into the supply tubing |54. The pressure iluid then flows throughthe supply tubing |54 into the leftward end or the pump cylinder |55, as shown in Fig. 4, 'to exert a high uid pressure on the piston |56,

ausing it and its-connected piston rod |51 to move to the right. n

Such counter-clockwise rotation oi?` the control rod 51, as seen in Fig. 2, simultaneously opens the second discharge valve means H6. 'I'his is rod engaging and moving the cam element |23 r exactly as described in connection with the cam element 5| of the first inlet valve means 25, to open the second discharge valve means IIG. The operation of the second discharge valve means H6 is identical with that of the ilrst inlet valve mea/ns 25, as described hereinabove.

When the seconddischarge valve means I |'6 is open, it permits exhaust iiuid to discharge from the right-hand end of the pump cylinder I 55 through the supply conduit |58, the second supply opening ||2, the second metering valve |50 which has been previously adjusted so as to permit a now of fluid therethrough at a predetermined rate, the passage the outer chamber H0, the passage |22, the space |2I, and inwardly through the second discharge valve means I I around the control rod 51, and upwardly and outwardly through the passage |24 and the discharge opening 24 into the discharge piping |53, whence this exhaust iluid may flow to a iluid reservoir.

It will thus be understood that when the control rod 51 is rotated -in a counter-clockwise direction, as seen in Fig. 2, the nrst inletmeans 25will be opened to permit pressure iluid to now from the pressure fluid opening 23 to the rst supply opening |03, and the second discharge valve means will simultaneously be opened to permit exhaust iluid at low pressure to discharge from the second supply opening I2 to the discharge opening 24.l It is also to be noted that when the ,primary inlet'valve means 25 is opened, as described, the surplus pressure fluid not meterd through the flrstmetering valve |40 has access to the lower side of the first pressure relief valve |25, whichcauses the ball valve |29 to move away from its valve seat ring |28 against the action of the coil spring |30 to permit the surplus pressure iluid to discharge through the passage |31 directly into the discharge opening 24 and the discharge piping |53. 'I'he coil spring |30, however, is adjusted so as to' maintain a considerable force on the ball valve |29 tending to close it, so as vto maintain substantially full pressure on the pressure iluid in the supply piping |52,.which is an important feature of the invention in that it permits other similar valve devices to be operated with the pressure fluid from the supply piping |52 in sequence or otherwise without any substantial uid pressure drop across the rst of such valve devices Ato be operated.

When the control rod 51 is rotated ina clock-v wise direction, as seen in Fig. 2, the nrst-inlet valve means 25 and the second discharge valve means A||6 remain closed due to the tact that the faces 56 and |20, respectively, moveaway from the cam elements 'of these valve means." Upon such clockwise :movement of the control rod, however.- the ilatface 55a engages the calm element 5|a to open the second inlet valve means 25, and the atface engagesthe cam element I la to open the first discharge valve means ||5 simultaneously. Since the second inlet valve means 26 and the irst discharge valve means ||5 are identical in construction and'operation with lli the nrst inlet ivalve means 25, described herein- J above, reference is made thereto for the operation D oi' the valve means.

'With :the opening of. the second inlet valve means `25, high pressure iluid ilows from the lpressure uid opening 23 through the secondary e 81 and the space 44a, through the second inlet valve' means 2B, downwardly arou the through the counterbore |06 and the second check valve means |08 into the outer chamber Hit, whence it flows through the second metering valve |50 and the second supply opening H2 into the supply conduit |58 and into the right-hand end of the pump cylinder |55, to force the piston |56 ltherein and its connected piston rod |51 to the left, as seen in Fig. 4. In this adjustment of the device,.the surplus high pressure fluid, not metered through the second metering valve itt, passes through the secondpressure relief valve |25a, the passage |3111, and the passage i242 into the discharge opening 24, the same as described above in connection with the first pressure relief valve |25, to continue to maintain full pressure in the supply piping |52. A further function of the first and second pressure relief valves |25 and |25a .is that they may be adjusted so as to compensate for the unequal areas on opposite endsof the piston |58.

With the opening of the rst Vdischarge valve means I I5, the exhaust uid may then discharge from the left-hand end of the pumpcylinder |55, as shown in Fig. 4, through the supply tubing |54, the il'rst supply opening |03, the transverse opening |41, and .the rst metering valve Mii, into the passage I f 9; whence it flows through the rst discharge valve means ||5 inwardly around the contro1 rod 51 and upwardly and outwardly through the passage |24 and the discharge opening 24 and the discharge piping |53 to a.- suitable .point of discharge.

It will thus be seen that by rotating the control handle 59 in one direction, high pressure iluid is admitted tocone end of the pump cylinderv |55, and the other end of the pump-cylinder is put into open communication with the discharge -piping |53. Upon a reverse movement of the control handle 59, the high pressure uid is admitted into the other end of the pump cylinder |55, and the pump cylinder on the opposite side of the piston |56 is put into open communication with the discharge piping |53. Thus, the action of the piston rod |51 may be fully controlled by movement of the control handle 59, the piston rod being designed to operate any desired mechanical device. v

By adjusting either or both of the metering valves |40 or |50, the rate of flow of iluid through the device may be accurately controlled so as to regulate the rate of movement of the piston rod |51, as desired.

Although I have shown and described a preferred embodiment of my device, it will be understood that my device and parts thereof may have other applications and embodiments, and I do not intend to be limited to the construction shown and described, but intend to be accorded the full scope of protection of the following claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a valve device, the combination of: *a housing having a bore therethrough; a control rod extending into said bore; bearing means for closing each end of said bore and supporting said control rod, one end of said control rod extending through said bearing means; packing means between said control rod and said bore and surrounding said control rod, said packing means di. viding said bore into a first chamber, a second chamber, and tliird chamber; rst valve means communicating with said first chamber; second valve means communicating with said second chamber; third valve means communicating with contro1 rod 151, through .the--space- |01r and 'Il said third chamber; means operatively connecting each of said valve means with saidy control rod extending into said bore; bearing means for closing each end of said bore and supporting said control rod, one end of said control rod extending through said bearing means; packing means between said control rod and said bore and surrounding said control rod, said packing means dividing said bore into a first chamber-, a second chamber, and a third chamber; ilrst valve means communicating with said first chamber; second valve means communicating with said second chamber; third valve means communicating with said third chamber, each of said valvev means being so constructed asto open against a rela,- tively high fluid pressure exerted thereon; cam means operatively connecting each of said valve means with said control rod whereby rotation of said control rod will selectively open said valve said third cam surface and adapted to be opened in response to rotation of said control rod simultaneously with the opening of said first valve means, one side of said third valve means communicating with said second supply port; an exhaust port in said housing; a third passage communicating between -the other side of said third valve means and said exhaust port; and actuating means for rotating said control rod in either direction to 'open selectively said valve means.

5. InA a valve device, the combination of: a housing having a bore therein; a rotatable control rod in said bore; bearing means for supporting said control rod; means in said bore longitudinally dividing it into a first chamber, a second chamber,'and a third chamber; rst valve means means aganist the force exerted by said fluidl ,pressure on the valve means to be opened; and

means for rotating said control rod.

3. In a valve device, the combination of: a

housing having a bore therethrough; a rotatable control rodextending into said bore; packing means between said control rod and said bore,

said packing means dividing said bore into a first communicating with said first chamber; second valve means communicating with said second chamber; third valve means communicating with said third chamber; means operatively connecting each of said valve means with said control rod whereby rotation of said control rod will selectively open said valve means; and means for rotating said control rod.

6. In iluid control means, a housing having a system of fluid passages including an inlet andan outlet, said housing having a plurality of valve chambers and having a bore at one end of said valve chambers; a valve in each valve chamber, said valves each having actuating means extending into said bore, said actuating means .being said first chamber; second inlet valve means communicating with said second chamber; third valve means communicating with said third chamber, said third valvemeans including first and second discharge valves; means operatively connecting each of said valve means with said control rod whereby rotation of said control rod will selectively open said first valve means and the second valve of said third valve means, or said second valve means and the first valve of said third valve means; and means for rotating said control rod.

4. In a valve device, the combination of: a housing having a longitudinal bore therein; a rotatable control rod in said longitudinal bore, said control rod having a first cam surface thereon, a second cam surface thereon longitudinally spaced from said first cam surface, land a third cam surface thereon longitudinally spaced from said first and second'cam surfaces; a first lateral bore in said housing substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal bore and aligned with said rst cam surface; a second lateral bore in said housing substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal bore and aligned with said second cam surface;

first valve means i'n said first lateral 4bore operatively connected to said rst cam surface and adapted to be opened in response to rotation of said control rod in one direction; second valve means in said second lateral bore operatively connected to said second cam surface and adapted to be opened in response to rotation of said control rod in an opposite direction; aninle't port in said.

l lateral bore in said housing substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal bore and aligned with said third cam surface; a third valve means in said third lateral bore operatively connected to 75 free of Vpacking and of less cross-sectional area than-any part of the chambers through which they extend whereby fluid is free lto travel along. the length of said actuatingmeans when the -respective valves are open; a shaft in said bore of less diameter than the bore having cam sections thereon engageable by the ends of said actuating means, certain of said cam sections being angu- .arly displaced relative to the others whereby rotation of said shaft will selectively operate the valves; lpacking means around said shaft at spaced regions dividing said 'bore into chambers opposite the respective valve chambers, said chambers in said bore forming a. part of the fluid passage system of the housing.

7. In a valve device, the combination of: a housing having a longitudinal bore therein; a rotatable control rod in said longitudinal bore, said control rod having rst, second, third, and fourth spaced cam surfaces thereon; a first lateral bore in said housing substantially perpen- Vdicular to said longitudinal bore and aligned with said first cam surface;` a second lateral bore in said housing substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal bore and aligned with said second -an inlet port in said housing communicating with one side of each of said` valve, means; rst and secondsupply ports in said housing; a rst passage communicating between the other side of said rst valve means and said ilrst supply POI; a second passage communicating between the other side of said second valve means and said second supply port; a third lateral bore in said housing substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal bore and aligned with saidthird cam surface; a third valve means in said third lateral bore operatively connected to 'said third cam surface and adapted to be opened in response to rotation of said control rod simultaneously with the opening of said rst valve means, one side of said third valve means communicating with said second supply port; an exhaust port in said housing; a third passage communicating between the other side of said third valve means and said exhaust port; a fourth lateral bore in said housing substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal bore and aligned with said fourth cam surface; a fourth valve means in said fourth lateral bore operatively connected to said fourth cam surface and adapted to be opened in response to rotation of said control rod simultaneously with the opening of said second valve means, one side of/said fourth valve means communicating with said iirstsupply port; a, fourth passage communicating between the other side of said fourth valve means and said exhaust port; and actuating means for rotating said control rod in either direction to open selectively said-valve means.

`8. In a valve device, the combination of: aI

housing having a bore therein; a rotatable control rod in said bore; bearing means for supporting said control rod; means in said bore longitudinally dividing it into a rst chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber; first valve means communicating with said flrst chamber; second valve means communicating with said second chamber; third valve means communicating means, one side of said third valve means com municating with said second supply port; an exhaust port in said housing; a third passage com municating between the other side of said third valve means and said exhaust port; and actuats ing means for rotating said control rod in either direction to open selectively said valve means.

10. In a valve device, the combination of: a housing having a longitudinal bore therein; a rotatable control rod in said longitudinal bore, said control rod having a iirst cam surface thereon, a second camA surface thereon longitudinally spaced from said first cam surface, and a third cam surs face thereon longitudinally Aspaced from said first and second cam surfaces; a first lateral bore inl said housing substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal bore and aligned with said first cam surface; a second lateral bore in said housing substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal bore and aligned with" said second cam surface; first valve means in said'tlrst lateral bore opera= tively connected to said first cam surface and adapted to be opened in'response to rotation of said `control rod in 4one direction; second valve means in said second lateral bore operatively con nected to said second cam surface and adapted to b e opened in -response to rotation of said control with said third chamber; fourth valve means ,i

communicating with said third chamber; means operatively connecting each of said valve means with said control rod whereby rotation of said control rod will selectively open said valve means; and means for rotating said control rod.

9. In a valve device,V the combination of: a

tatable control rod in said longitudinal bore, said control rod having a first cam surface thereon, a

secondfcam surface thereon longitudinally spaced from said first cam surface, and a third cam sur face thereon longitudinally spaced from said first. and second cam surfaces; a first lateral bore in said housing substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal bore and aligned with said first cam surface; a second lateral bore ,in said housing substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal bore and aligned with said second cam surface;

`iirst valvemeans in said first lateral bore operatively connected to said nrst cam surface and adapted to be opened in response to rotation of said\ control rod in one direction; second valve housing having a. longitudinal bore therein; a rorod in an opposite direction; an inlet port in said housing communicating with one side of each of said valve means; first and vsecond supply ports in said housing; a iirst passage communicating between the other side of said first valve means and said first supply port; a second passage communicating between the other side of said second valve means and said second supply port; a third lateral. bore in 'said housing substantially per pendicular to "said, longitudinal bore and aligned with saidL third cam surface; a third valv means in said third lateral bore operatively connected to said third cam surface and adapted to be opened in response to rotation of said control rod simultaneously with the opening of said rst.,

, valve means, one side of said third valve means communicating with Asaid second supply port; an exhaust port in said housing; a third' passage communicating between the other side of said l v third valve vmeans and said exhaust port; pressure relief means communicating between said actuating means forx'otating said control rod in in said housing communicating with one side of i each of said valve meansfiirst and second supply ports in said housing; a rst passage communieating between the other side of said first valve means and said first supply port; a second pas sage communicating between the other side of said second valve means and said second supply port; means in one of said passages for metering the flow of uid therethrough; l-=a third lateral bore in said housing substantially perpendicular .to said longitudinal bore and aligned with said third cam surface; a third valve means in said third lateral bore operatively connected to said third cam surface and adapted to be opened in kresponse to rotation of said control rod simultaneously with the openingY of said first valve either direction to open selectively said valve means.l

11. In a valve device, the combination of: si.`

housing having-a longitudinal bore therein; a rotatable control rod in said longitudinal bore, said control rod having a first cam surface thereon, a secondl cam surface thereon longitudinally spaced from said first cam surface, and a third cam surface thereon longitudinally spaced from said, lrst and second cam surfaces; a ilrst lateral bore in said housing substantially perpendicular to said longitudinall bore and aligned with` said rst cam surface; a second lateral bore in'said housing substantially perpendicular to said iongitudmn bore and aligned with said second cam c v surface; flst valve means in said first lateral 1 `bore operatively connected to said nrst cam surface and adapted to be openedl in 'response to rotation of said control-rod in one direction; second valve means in said secondlateral bore operatively connected to scid second cam surface and asomar' said control rod in an opposite direction; an inlet port insaid housing communicating with one side of each of said valve means; rst and second supply ports in said housing; a first passage communicating between the other side of said iirst valve means and said rst supply port; a second passage communicating between the other side ofxsaid second valve means and said second supply port; av thirdlateral bore in said housing substantially perpendicular tosaid longitudinal bore and aligned with said third cam surface; a third valve means in said third lateral bore operatively connected to said third camA surface and adapted to be opened in response to rotation ing 'of lsaid first valve means, one side of said third valve means communicating with said second supply port; an exhaust port in said housing;

a third passage communicating between the other side of said third valve means and said exhaust port; a fourth passage communicating between said one side of said third valve means and said exhaust port; a spring-held check valve in said fourthy passage adapted to open in response to a rise in uid pressure on said one side oi said third valve means to permit a ow of uid through said fourth passage .to said exhaust port but preventing a reverse flow of iiuid; and actuof said control rod simultaneously with the openn f ating means for rotating said control-rod in either selectively said valve means. 

